Women on Ice - Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women

Informationen zum Autor MIRIAM BOERI is a professor of sociology. She is the author or coauthor of numerous journal articles and a contributor to Drugs and the American Dream. Klappentext Studies the lives of women who use methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) and examines the effects of its use on their families. In-depth interviews of women in the suburban counties of Atlanta, the largest metropolitan area in the southeastern U.S, illustrate the divergent pathways taken and the details of their initiation into meth and the turning points into problematic use of the drug. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Methamphetamine: The Perfect Drug for Suburban Women2. Ethnographic Research: Exploring Methamphetamine Use in the Suburbs3. The Gendered Drug Career: Initiation and Progression in Methamphetamine Use4. Gendered Lives: Combining Work and Family with Drug-Using Roles5. Gendered Risks: Health and Infectious Diseases6. Gendered Risks: Violence and Crime7. The Revolving Door: Treatment, Recovery, and Relapse8. Policy ImplicationsAppendix AAppendix BReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Miriam Boeri
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2013
• EAN: 9780813554594
• ISBN: 978-0-8135-5459-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Critical Issues in Crime and S; Critical Issues in Crime and S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories